I just finished reading Kenobi by John Jackson Miller. I thought it was really good. A really well crafted Western that featured Obi-Wan as not the protagonist, but as a pivotal character who comes into the protagonist’s life. All of the chapters are from the POVs of other characters, not Obi-Wan himself, and the only glimpses we get into his mind are the “meditation” passages of him communing with Qui-Gon and reflecting on his experiences. It’s a brilliant choice, because it creates this aura of mystery around Obi-Wan in the eyes of the other characters, while still showing us his emotional state after all that’s happened.

I decided to read it as a sort of “prologue” before I read the ANH novelization. After that, I’ll read ESB, then Shadows of the Empire, then RotJ, then Truce at Bakura, then Luke Skywalker & the Shadows of Mindor. That way, I’ll be following a sort of linear, continuous story starting from Luke’s infancy.